How do you resize desktop icons in Windows 8?

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The icons on my desktop changed to a smaller size. I do not know what cause them to change size. How do I change their size back to what it was?

I have been unable to find any directions on sizing desktop icons for Windows 8.

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Anonymous

hmm, I hold down the Crtl key and use the mouse wheel to resize desktop icons.

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The icons on my desktop changed to a smaller size. I do not know what cause them to change size. How do I change their size back to what it was?

I have been unable to find any directions on sizing desktop icons for Windows 8.

The Desktop in Windows 8 works the same way it did in previous versions.

Right click an empty space on the Desktop.

Select the View option.

You shouild see 3 options for changing to Small, Medium, or Large Icons.

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Anonymous

2015-01-27T20:41:10+00:00

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Anonymous

2015-01-21T23:19:33+00:00

I have exactly the same problem. For no reason I now have huge icons and can't find out how to get them back to a reasonable size. PLEASE HELP!!
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Anonymous

2015-01-19T14:11:29+00:00

I accidentally enlarged all my icons and the Word toolbar while in word. The ctrl, mouse wheel option did not change anything. The ctrl, alt, - has fixed my icons but my toolbar is still have the screen when I open word. Any suggestions there? and is there a way to keep this from happening again?
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